Time Cards

Time Cards

In addition to recording the daily activities of your employees, Job Manager also allows you to record employee working hours through the Time Card page. Job Manager makes a distinction between the information recorded by the Time Card and Job Recorder/Charge Out pages: the hours recorded with the Time Card reflect how long the employee was present at work during a single day or shift, while the information recorded with the Job Recorder/Charge Out reflect the activities they performed during that time.

The Time Card page allows each employee to record their working hours (i.e. time present at work). Up to twenty (20) Time In/Time Out sessions can be recorded for each work day. Additional explanatory notes can be associated with time cards. The total number of hours present at work will automatically be calculated and displayed in the page.

Generally, once a Time In or Time Out value has been entered using the Start or End buttons, it is permanently recorded in the database and cannot be altered. However, users assigned the Modify Time Card privilege will be able to correct their existing Time Card information after it has been recorded and can also manually type Time In or Time Out values in the corresponding text boxes. Users assigned both the Modify and Select Employee Time Card privileges will be able to modify and change the Time Card information of other users using both the Start and End buttons or the respective text boxes.

Rest mouse pointer over image for information on Time Card form elements.

Window Objects

Click to see a detailed description of objects in the window.

 

Search & Select Users

 

Opens a search box for finding and selecting a user. Only users with the "Select Employee" permission setting can use this to view and edit the time cards of other users.

 

Time Card Details

 

The user and date of the currently displayed Time Card.

 

Update

 

Updates the information modified in the time card. Users recording their time card information using only the Start and End buttons do not need to use this. Users recording time card information using Start and End text fields, or users recording Notes in the time card information need to use this to save their manually entered times and/or notes.

 

Cancel

 

Cancels any changes to notes and time values manually typed in the Start and End fields since the last time the information was saved.

 

Date

 

The date of the Time Card. By default, the current date is selected.

 

Calendar Selector

 

A graphical control for selecting Time Cards based on date.

 

Time In

 

Displays the Time In values and corresponding Start buttons for each Time In/Time Out session.

 

Start Button

 

Records a Time In value in the database. The recorded value is displayed in the corresponding text box.

This button is enabled only for today's Time Card. Buttons are disabled for previously entered Time In values.

 

Start Field

 

Displays the Time In value recorded by using the corresponding Start button. Users with the Modify permission can manually type the Time In time in the text box or edit an already recorded Time In time by typing in a text box. When Time In times are manually entered or edited by typing in a text box, the Update button must be used to save the times to the database.

 

Time Out

 

Displays the Time Out values and corresponding End buttons for each Time In/Time Out session.

 

End Button

 

Records a Time Out value in the database. The recorded value is displayed in the corresponding text box.

This button is enabled only for today's Time Card. Buttons are disabled for previously entered Time Out values.

 

End Field

 

Displays the Time Out value recorded by using the corresponding End button. Users with the Modify permission can manually type the Time Out time in the text box or edit an already recorded Time Out time by typing in a text box. When Time Out times are manually entered or edited by typing in a text box, the Update button must be used to save the times to the database.

 

Total

 

The total of all Time In/Time Out sessions recorded in the Time Card.

 

Notes

 

Any descriptive notes related to the Time Card can be entered here. If used, Notes are saved using the Update button.

 

Procedures

Recording employee time card information

  1. Click the Production tab. The Production Home page opens.
  2. Click the Time Card link above the page header. A Time Card appears for the currently logged in user.

Note: Users with the Select Employee permission can open and edit Time Cards for any user by searching for and selecting an employee name in the Time Card page.

  1. Click START ( ) to begin recording working hours and click END ( ) to stop recording working hours. Clicking the Start and End buttons will automatically insert the current time into the Time In and Time Out fields for a session and save the respective value to the database. Users with Modify privileges can manually type Time In and Time Out values in the corresponding text boxes and can modify existing times.
  2. Repeat step 6 as needed for each time in/time out session you want to record for the day. Job Manager will always maintain an empty row in the list. New blank rows will be added for recording time in/time out when a time is recorded in the current last row in the list. Up to twenty (20) time in/time out sessions may be recorded on a time card.
  3. Enter any notes you want to associate with the day's time card in the Notes field and click Update ( ). If no notes were added and Time In and Time Out values were recorded using the Start and End buttons, the Update button need not be pressed. If notes were added or Time In and Time Out values were recording by typing in the corresponding text boxes, the Update button must be used to save the notes and/or manually typed times.

At this point, some time card information has been recorded for the employee - either a start time, a complete time in/time out session, or a complete set of information for the entire working shift.

Related Topics

"Production Functions" on page 337

"Production Home Page" on page 338

"Job Charges" on page 339

"Creating Job Charges" on page 340

"Putting Away / Restoring Job Charges" on page 343

"Moving Jobs" on page 347

"Moving Jobs Automatically" on page 347

"Moving Jobs Manually" on page 347

"Determining Cost Center Status" on page 349

"Time Cards" on page 351

"Generating A Time Sheet" on page 356

"Generating A Work Day Summary" on page 359


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